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Let's talk about running backs that you should start or sit in week five of the fantasy football season. We'll go through all 28 teams playing this week. 14 matchups in total. You can pause your screen and look at any time code if you want to jump to a matchup or look at the description for a direct link.
Now, you got to know that the Falcons, Bears, Packers, and Steelers are all on buys. So, you will not have Bejian Robinson. You won't have DeAndre Swift, Josh Jacobs, Jaylen Warren, these names, these big guys that are helping you win each and every week. They will not be available in your lineups. So, I'm going to do my absolute best to help you start the right players. And lastly, before we jump in, I'm guaranteeing a reply to the first three comments on every video. So, make sure that you're subscribed and you've got your notifications on.
Let's start with Thursday Night Football. We've got the 49ers at the Rams. This should be a really fun one on Thursday night. 46 1/2 point overunder, three and a half point spread in favor of the Rams. So high overunder. Uh should be a competitive game, should be a high-scoring game for fantasy football purposes. You've got two defenses right now that are really tough matchups for your fantasy running backs. But you've got a superstar in Christian McCaffrey who's my RB1 on this week despite facing the Rams which are currently the worst matchup for your running back. Don't care. You're going to start CMC. Obviously he's RB1 every week that he's healthy.
Now, one thing we do need to monitor is that Brock Party has been complaining of some some soreness in his toe. So, that's something that we should monitor over the course of the next couple days because this entire 49ers team is dealing with a ton of injuries. I don't really care who's at quarterback, honestly. Could be M. Jones, could be Brock Pury, could be myself, doesn't matter. CMC is starting in my lineup.
On the opposite side of the ball, let's talk about Kairen Williams because yes, he is labeled a a must start. However, you'll notice that he's not in my top 15 this week. We're starting to see Blake Cororum and his role grow over the course of the last couple weeks. Here in week number four, this last week we just saw he had 22 snaps, which might not seem like a lot, but what if I told you that Blake Corm had 13 total opportunities while just 16 for Kairen Williams. Only three total touches difference between Kairen Williams and Blake Cororm. Now, Kairen ended up with 13.4 fantasy points. Neither of them scored a touchdown, but you know, Blake looked great as he typically does. Kairen looked great as he typically does. They're using both Blake and Kairen in the air. So, yes, right now Kairen Williams is still the preferred back. But this is a scary trend that we need to monitor and see if it continues over the next couple of weeks. Blake Horm, I labeled a risky start. You're only starting him if you're in a true desperate situation where you're throwing a Hail Mary up and saying, "Hey, maybe I don't have a better option than this."
All right, we've got the London game starting this week. I know last week I said I forgot it was Dublin, but we've got the Vikings at the Browns in London. Make sure you are up and awake and setting your lineups because last week the Jaylen Warren owners know this best. Anything can happen. All right, you think a guy is going to play and then out of nowhere Jaylen Warren's out and you know you're looking at Kenneth Gainwell with a 30 bomb. So make sure you're up and setting your lineups.
Now it's a 36 12 point overunder which is the lowest overunder of the week. No surprise, Vegas does not anticipate a lot of fantasy points in this matchup. Three and a half point favorites the Vikings are. Now, I see this matchup as fairly simple to digest. You're going to start Jordan Mason. I know last week was relatively disappointing. You know, you wanted to see more from a Jordan Mason. Um, now to be fair, he was still dominant in this offense from a usage perspective. He played 47 of 76 snaps, but um, obviously we got to see a lot of targets go to Xavier Scott, but 19 total touches. If I told you every week that Jordan Mason is starting, he would get 19 total touches. You would lock him into your lineup. Now, 10.2 fantasy points, nothing to write home about, but you're still going to put him into your lineups, even though it's a difficult matchup.
And on the opposite side, Quinnon Judkins has just turned into an absolute monster. You'll notice in my rankings, this is the first week I have put him as a top 10 running back in my weekly rankings. Here in week number four, Judkins had 25 total opportunities. My gosh. and he looked incredible doing so as well. 21 and a half fantasy points, 82 rushing yards and a touchdown, four targets and 33 yards. This is what's so um compelling with Quinn Sean Judkins is we thought that maybe Dylan Samson's going to have a role in the air, but man, Dylan Samson has been an absolute non-factor. Just nine snaps last week, the week before that he was uninvolved and we are getting the entire offense. This is what you dream of when you're thinking of a fantasy running back. The entire offense is funneling through Quinn Sean Judkins as it should. So despite the low overunders, we have two clear starts.
Okay, let's move on to the start of the 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time slate of games. We've got the Texans at the Ravens. 44 and a half point overunder. The Ravens are favored by seven, which is one of the uh bigger favorites of the week. Now, that line is going to fluctuate because obviously, you know, breaking news, I guess, if it is. We don't know exactly if Lamar Jackson's going to play or not yet. Now, John Harbaugh was asked about it after the game and basically they were like, "Hey, did Lamar not come back because it was a blowout or was he really injured?" And he said there was no way he could have gone back into that game. Basically saying it doesn't matter if it was going to be close or not at that point. It was a serious injury. So, my belief, and we don't know this at the time of recording, is that Lamar Jackson is probably not going to play. And then you're going to see that line get much closer between the Ravens and the Texans.
But let's break it down for the Ravens. Uh whether Lamar plays or not, I don't see how you can sit Derrick Henry, especially with all of the injuries, especially with all the players on buy. I'm still going to start Derrick Henry. And no, Justice Hill is not going to take over his job. All right, let's not be silly here. The reason Justice Hill was so heavily lo used last week was because the Ravens were down for the entirety of the game. This is not something new. We all saw this last year as well. This is one of the first games where it was just heavily noticed. But you'll see Justice Hill 32 snaps compared to 21 for Derrick Henry. Derrick Henry only had eight carries and two targets. But again, you know, Justice Hill got I'm not going to say lucky, but he made some big plays. That's not replicable from one week to the next. This team's ideal scenario is giving Derrick Henry 15 plus rushing attempts each and every week. And I think that's what their goal will be again versus the Texans regardless of if Lamar Jackson plays or not. So you're going to play Derrick Henry. Justice Hill is a panic, you know, desperation play. If anything, don't overthink what happened last week.
Now, on the opposite side of the ball, this is probably the running back that I am most excited to talk to you guys about today. Now, probably because we've got him in the flockley. We've been stashing this guy. We've been telling you guys to stash him for multiple weeks on our channel. Where are my Woody Marks truthers at? Because I'm telling you right now with my chest, put them in your lineup. a top 20 ranked running back for me in week number five, my RB19. And ladies and gentlemen, if there's no Lamar Jackson and you're facing a defense that is just shredded with injuries right now, the Ravens give up the most points to fantasy running backs. Oh my gosh, we could be looking at back-to-back weeks of fantasy gold for Woody Marks, who by the way, his snap rate has gone up each and every week. Shout out to Adam Leventan from 11 to 26 to 47 to 56% last week. And of course, the opportunity share as well is starting to move. You see Nick Chub in week one getting 85% of the opportunities compared to 15 for Woody Marks. 15%, right? That goes to 8020, 6040. And last week the changeover happened. It was 6040 in favor of Woody Marks. And man, Joe Mixon is not anytime soon coming back to this team. They're not even sure if he's going to play this year. So Woody Marks could actually legitimately be a league winner this year. I'm so excited to see him in this matchup. He's a smash start. I'm playing him in the Flock League for sure. And then even Nick Chub because there's a scenario against this defense that they really want to establish the run. Nick Chub is not a bad spot start. He's a flex play at best. I would say 75 to 80% of you guys have a better option in your lineup. But we can't ignore Nick Chub either because he's not going to completely go away.
All right, the fourth matchup we're going to look at here is the Dolphins at the Panthers. Now, I would say this one is fairly simple. I don't want to spend too much time on this one. Devon Achan in your starting lineup, right? I think we can all agree on that. If you look at what happened here on Monday Night Football, Devon Achan touched the ball 21 times. Uh only one target, which was pretty rare, honestly. Typically, we're seeing Devon Achan get a lot more opportunities, but he was so efficient on the ground. They didn't really need to throw the ball because the Jets couldn't score. Ole Gordon is there, but Ollie Gordon is not going to take Devon Achan's job.
Now, on the opposite side of the ball, we're going to start Chuba Hubard. And if you have Chuba Hubard and it's been a tough couple weeks, uh, I just want to encourage you that this is a week where he should bounce back in a big way. The Dolphins are currently the sixth best matchup for your fantasy running back. So, you have that going for you. And he'll have another week hopefully getting healthier and healthier from that calf. I do think what we saw in week number five where Rico played 27 snaps, Chuba played 35, you know, the work was relatively split, I think that's more of a reflection on Chuba's health than really the direction this team wants to go. However, it is something we do need to monitor. For Rico Dado to get 10 plus touches in back-to-back weeks, for Chuba Hubard to lose work in back-to-back weeks, it's definitely on my mind. It's definitely something I'm concerned about. Hopefully, what happens for our Hubard owners is he comes in this matchup, smash matchup, he kills it, and then you can look to sell him high.
Okay, the fifth match up we're going to look at here is the Raiders at the Colts. 48 and a half point overunder. One of the highest overunders of the week. Colts are heavily favored. Jonathan Taylor should smash. I'm not going to waste your time because you don't need to don't need me to tell you to start one of the best running backs in the NFL. You're gonna start Jonathan Taylor. Keep it simple, stupid. K I SS. I say that to myself all the time.
Now, on the opposite side of the ball, I know a lot of y'all beenounding me being like, "Zack, Ashton Genty sucks. You were wrong on Ashton Genty. You were wrong on Amari Hampton. You were wrong on ex rookie running back." And I have been begging and begging and begging you guys just deploy some patience. All right? These rookies don't always like nine.9 out of ten times a rookie's first four games are their worst games of their rookie season. They always get more work. They always get more involved and build build more trust with their offense. That's exactly what you saw out of Ashen Genty here on Sunday, who was one of our favorite starts of the week versus the Chicago Bears. He came out there and absolutely dominated. You'll see here 21 carries, two targets, and he turned that 21 carries into 144 yards. Looked like an absolute monster running through there, right? Breaking tackles left and right, used in the air. Absolute dominant performance. Finally, we got rid of the whole Dylan L experience on third downs. So, man, Ashen Genty looks like an absolute superstar moving forward. He's got to be in your lineup. Fun fact, you know the the Michael Myers dance that Ashen Genty used to do at Boise State? Well, they finally let him do that. Coach said he loved it. Now, one thing we do do need to monitor is that Colton Miller, their tackle, uh, won't be able to play with a high ankle sprain, but that doesn't stop you from starting Genty.
Okay, at six, let's look at the Giants and the Saints. Cam Scaboo, a top 15 running back for me this week. You know, if you started Scataboo last week, you might have been a little bit disappointed because, you know, he did come away with 27 total opportunities. Like we said last week, this guy is going to be fed opportunities, just drowning in volume. He had 27 total opportunities. Now, to only score 11 fantasy points, I get why that's disappointing. But he goes up against the Saints, who are currently a top 10 matchup for your fantasy running back. I would say 95% of you guys watching this video should be starting Cam Scaboo. Like, he should probably be in your lineups.
Now, on the opposite side of the ball, now as far as the whole Kindred Miller, Alvin Kamar situation goes, uh, here's the good news for both of these guys. This matchup is a smash matchup. Marian Hampton just dominated the Giants on the ground. We've seen plenty of running backs dominate the Giants on the ground. They're a top five matchup for your fantasy running back. So, we should see Alvin Kamara bounce back in a huge way. Now, obviously, as a Kamar owner, you never really want to see Kendry Miller come out here and have 11 uh carries on the ground. you never want to see him get involved on the goal line, but still Kamar had 20 total touches. He was still the dominant guy over 70% of the snaps. And you know, versus the Giants, he should be in a great position to get back into his fantasy football ways. And then of course, if they look to trade him later on, Kendra Miller should be stashed. Something to note though, Caesar Ru Ruiz had a high ankle sprain. He's one of the better offensive linemen for the Saints. So, we should definitely notice that as we go through this week.
All right, at seven, let's look at the Cowboys at the Jets. I don't want to spend too much time on this one because I do think it is fairly simple. Gavvonte Williams, superstar in fantasy so far. One of the best best picks in fantasy football. You're going to play him versus the Jets. We just saw the Jets get dominated by Devon A Chan and company. Um, this team is effective on the ground. They're using Javvante in the air. It's a great offense. We keep seeing that week in week out. Javvante's a lock. It's a 46 and a half point overunder. Vegas anticipates a lot of fantasy points from this one. The Cowboys are favored. All that is great for Javvante Williams.
Now, on the opposite side of the ball, this should be a get-right game for Bruce Hall, who, you know, technically had a good matchup here in week number four versus the Dolphins. Now, it didn't turn into any really big fantasy day. Obviously, he walks away with 16.1 fantasy points. Not a bad day at all. A lot of that came through the year, but of course, didn't get into the end zone. Some of you probably wanted a 20point day from Bruce Hall. I think that 20 point day could come in week five versus the Cowboys who currently give up the seventh most points to fantasy running backs. This was a hilarious quote, by the way. Bruce Hall was asked after the game about the loss to the uh to the Dolphins. He said, "Teams shoot themselves in the foot and then we come back and we shoot ourselves in the head." I mean, that's got to be one of the alltime quotes. That's just I mean, that's fire. He's right. He's 100% right. By the way, something to note, Brilland Allen won't play in this game. He left Monday Night Football with a knee injury. He's not going to be ready to go. So, you'll see some Isaiah Davis for sure, but it's going to be the Bree Hall and Isaiah Davis show. Bree Hall is going to get over 20 touches. Great play in week number five.
At the eighth matchup, let's talk Broncos at Eagles. Now, we are going to go ahead and tell you to start JK Dobbins, right? He's technically a spot start. Now, most of the must starts are in my top 24. So, him being my RB25, he's just right outside uh, you know, of that top 24 ranking. But I still have a lot of confidence in him. It's just that we saw RJ Harvey get more involved than I think Dobbins owners are comfortable with. And we've been telling you guys, be patient with Harvey. You know, he's going to his role is going to grow. Maybe look to sell high on Javon on JK Dobbins. If you're out there and you're you're a Dobbins owner, I would encourage you to start exploring the market because here in this game, Dobbins had 36 snaps, 33 to RJ Harvey, so almost dead even. RJ Harvey had 19 touches compared to 17 for JK Dobbins. Now, we have to contextualize that, right? Because at no point during this game were the Broncos worried about losing. The entire second half they were comfortable and they were running the ball out. So, who knows if this was a competitive game would we have seen that much RJ Harvey. The thing is though, if you watch Monday Night Football, there was a lot of designed action for R.J. Harvey. Now, if we could just get rid of Tyler Bedet, this annoying p Tyler Bedet usage, then maybe we'll have relevance for both Harvey and JK Dobbins. But a nice little quotequote breakout for Harvey. Over 20 fantasy points. He looked great in the air on the ground. But of course, not every week you're going to face the Cincinnati Bengals. And this week they face the Eagles who are technically the 11th best matchup for your running back. But that defensive line is no joke. So, anytime this Eagles defense could figure it out and they could stop the run, it will be a competitive game. Now, I'm going to label JK Dobbins a flex play, a spot start, okay? Meaning, he's a fine play, you know, in your RB2, in your flex spot, but Harvey is a risky play at best, meaning hail mary at this point. Now, if you just lost a bunch of players to injuries and the by-week, you could put him in there, but don't expect him to get 19 touches again in week number five. Now, of course, like he will progress into being an important part of this offense, but I think maybe his involvement had more to do with the game last week than a true plan to go away from JK Dobbins because Dobbins himself looked really good in that matchup.
And then, of course, on the opposite side of the ball, you're going to start Saquon Barkley. It doesn't matter who the matchup is. This is at Philadelphia. The Eagles are favored, so maybe we'll finally see a big Saquon Barkley game. Now, news is constantly changing in the NFL. I mean, the Jaylen Warren owners would know this best. He was just randomly and inactive uh in the London or the Dublin game last Sunday. So, if you want the most up-to-date rankings as soon as I hit submit, you'll know exactly what my weekly and rest of season rankings are. You can get that with the 2025 season pass. It's a $34 one-time purchase with the promo code land. Uh you get seasonl long access to my rankings, rest of season rankings, all the premium tools on the flock site like the trade calculator, as well as some start, set, and trade question vouchers to come ask me questions on our live stream.
All right, the ninth matchup we're going to look at here is the Titans at the Cardinals. This is the start of the afternoon slate of games. Not a very high overunder, not a lot of projected points, but the Cardinals are heavy favorites. Almost 10-point favorites. One of the biggest spreads of the week in favor of the Cardinals. Heavy heavy favorites. So, that is obviously great news for one Trey Benson. Now, if you're a Trey Benson owner, you were probably a little bit disappointed last week. I came on our show this week, this time last week. I said, "Hey, be cautious going all in on Benson. It is his first time in a starter role. We don't know exactly what the split between him and Demarcado is going to look like." A lot of you guys are unhappy that I didn't label him a must start, but maybe you understood where I'm coming from now. Now, here's the good news on Thursday night. Okay, Benson clearly the number one running back. 37 of 67 snaps. He had uh this is what's disappointing, 13 total opportunities. Okay, 13 total opportunities. Now, they were down for the majority of that game. and you're thinking about a game versus the Titans who give up the fourth most points to fantasy running backs who are nine and a half point uh underdogs, you should see a much better game for Trey Benson in week number five. I would be shocked if he's not giving you 13, 14 or more fantasy points in this game. The good news is still involved in the air, had the five targets. They just didn't give him enough opportunities on the ground. I mean, he was very good on the ground, very effective on the ground. They need to feed Mr. Trey Benson. Now, you're going to start him with a lot of confidence this week.
On the opposite side of the ball, here's the thing. The Cardinals are the eighth best matchup for your running backs, so it's a decent matchup. However, Taj Spears, he could play in this game. Now, it's just it's not guaranteed right now, right? Obviously, he's eligible to come back from IR this week, but he doesn't have to come back for the next 21 days. So, here's how we're going to play this out. My rankings as you see on your screen are as if Taj Spears does not play Tony Pard's a fine start. Great matchup. He'll get all the work. However, if Taj Spears is good to go, Tony Pard is going to move down three spots at least in my rankings to being a spot start. And honestly, it's just difficult to trust Tony Pard on any given week. It doesn't matter if it's a great matchup. I mean, he can get all of the work. For example, in week number five, he had all of the work in this offense, right? 17 touches compared to just two for Julius Chestnut. And still those 17 touches barely turned into 10 fantasy points. So sometimes it just doesn't matter because they're a part of one of the worst offenses in the NFL. But again, if there's no Taj Spears, we can start them with a ton of confidence.
All right, let's go to the Bucks at the Seahawks. Now, here's the good news. Bucky Irving dominated last week over 25 PPR points, had the 70 plus receiving yard touchdown. He was a big reason why I won in the flock league. Here's the bad news. Right now, at the time of recording this, we don't know what his week five status is. Now, according to head coach Todd BS, he said there they were in the process of looking at all the injuries and quite a few guys were going to get MRIs. And Bucky Irving was one of those names. So, there is an injury that he is dealing with. And obviously, if Bucky Irving is healthy and he's good to go, you're going to play with a ton of confidence. There's not really a scenario out there. There's not a matchup out there where you don't play Bucky Irving. However, in the event that Bucky Irving is not out there, Rashad White does become one of my favorite flex plays. He would be my RB20, a mustart in this matchup simply because I know Shawn Tucker exists, but if Bucky Irving were to go out, Rashad White's going to get at least 13, 14, 15 touches. We just know that they trust Rashad White enough to give him that kind of volume. So, with an offense that is missing Mike Evans, that is targeting the running backs. Rashad White would be an incredible play if there's no Bucky Irving, but obviously, let's put our prayers up for Mr. Bucky and hope that he's out there ready to go. You'll probably know information by the time you're watching this video, but I've covered all of the basises there.
Now, on the opposite side of the ball, Bucks are kind of a middle of the pack matchup. Ken Walker and Zack Sharpet. Here's my opinion on this backfield. I don't think you're going to have a great answer on a week-to-week basis. There is going to be boom bust for both of these names, right? Clearly, they trust Zack Charbanet. And honestly, you guys are going to hate to hear this. I think it makes so much sense for their NFL, real NFL team to split work between Ken Walker and Zack Charbanet to have both of these guys as healthy and as good to go as possible each and every snap. And if you're a Ken Walker owner, be so for real. Can you really complain after Ken Walker had 21 touches? Really? You're upset? You're upset that they spelled Zack Charbanet and gave him his his opportunities, his 14 touches. I know Charbanet got the goal line opportunities, but come on. I mean, they play different roles. They're different types of running backs. They're going to give you different results. And I just think I think the the Charbanet hate is a little too forced, but this is how it's going to be. They're going to split work down the middle. Sharpet coming off an injury, split time, 31 snaps compared to 33 for Ken Walker, right? Ralph's runner about dead even. Targets are dead even, but obviously Ken Walker got more opportunities on the ground. So, it's going to be annoying. Uh Ken Walker is he's not going to have a Zack Charbanet free backfield. Zack Charbanet is not going away, but obviously Kinwalker is still a start and Charbanet is a flex play if you're in a desperate position.
Okay, let's look at the Lions at the Bengals. This one is very simple. Jir Gibbs, David Montgomery must starts. You just saw on Monday Night Football how JK Dobbins and RJ Harvey dominated the Bengals. Why can't the Lions backfield do the same thing in week number five? Play them and don't think about it again. The Bengals are one of the best match up for your running backs.
On the opposite side of the ball, I do think um Chase Brown, as I said last week, is getting enough volume and an offense that will continue to get better to be a flexible play. That's what I said last week and that's where I stand again this week. He had 10 fantasy points, only 10 carries, three targets. Uh, and they're going to use him in the air when they're down. Is it sexy? No. But he's a playable name. He's a playable name. He'll get targets in the air. He'll get plenty of volume on the ground. Uh, you know, he's just he's a guy that's not going to lose you your matchup. You can put him in your flex, but obviously he's not going to win you your matchup either.
At number 12, Commanders at Chargers. I would love to come on this video each week and tell you, "Wow, the Commanders finally did it, guys. The Commanders finally gave Bill Crosky Merritt most of the work." It's the same old story here in week number four heading into week number five. Okay? And it gets even grosser because Chris Rodriguez 20 snaps. JCM 20 snaps. McNichol 19 snaps. That's about as split down the middle for all three of these guys as you can possibly get. and it didn't lead to anything relevant in fantasy football. Now, the eye test tells you that Bill Crosky Merritt is clearly the best, most talented player in this backfield build, but he needs to work on his pass protection. They're not comfortable to give him all the work yet. So, you can't play these guys, any of them, with any confidence, especially in a bad matchup versus the Chargers until there's a clear lead back, if there ever is.
On the opposite side of the ball, we'll make it very simple. Amario Hampton back-to-back weeks where he's smashing over 23 fantasy points, you're going to put him into your lineup.
Okay, let's move on to Sunday Night Football. Now, again, another situation where they're kind of slow rolling a rookie. That's with the Patriots here. Uh, unfortunately, I was hoping that the uh fumbles for Stevenson meant there was going to be more work for Henderson, but that ended up being nothing but a wish cast at this point. Stevenson still led the way in snaps, still led the way in total opportunities. It's just Antonio Gibson was still involved. They gave him six touches. If we could just get rid of Antonio Gibson, we could we could start to cook here. So, look, these guys are spot starts at best. You're hoping you can get 10 fantasy points out of them, but it's going to continue to be messy until they make a a change that's noticeable.
On the opposite side of the ball, of course, you're going to play James Cook, one of the best picks in fantasy football right now. 49 and a half point overunder. By the way, the Bills are heavy favorites. Uh one of the biggest favorites of the week. So, that is a great sign for James Cook who, you know, could be in garbage time situations here running the clock out.
Look, before we get into Monday Night Football, here are six players that I have 100% confidence in for week number five. We're looking at Gibbs versus the Bengals. Nico Collins versus the Ravens, who are missing Marlon Humphrey. Their entire defense is in shambles. Woody Marks at Baltimore, who is one of the best matchup for your running backs. Cam Scataboo at the Saints. Garrett Wilson versus the Dallas Cowboys. And Quinton Johnson. That's right. In our DFS lineup, we are rocking with Quinton Johnson. Uh the week five fastdraft quick six super slam contest. It just opened. All you have to do is choose six non-c quarterbacks. Fill your lineup and adjust your boosters accordingly. If you haven't downloaded the Fast Draft app, download it using my promo code land at signup. I'm going to match your deposit up to 50 bucks and then you're going to get my week five rankings completely free. So you can check that out in the pin comments below.
Okay, that takes us to Monday Night Football. We've got a good one. The Chiefs at the Jaguars. It's going to be in Duvall. Okay. 45 12 point overunder. The Chiefs are favored. Now look, I'm not going to say what happened last week for Isaiah Pacheco was lucky. He played well. But I don't know if that's replicable from one week to the next. It's still a split backfield. If anything, it got more split in week number four, but they just had more time to run the ball because they were up in the game. Uh Kareem led the way with 32 snaps. Pacheco had 27. Bashard Smith was up there at 19. And then we had reports this week that they want to get Bashard Smith more opportunities. That's from Matt Naggie. And Bashard Smith has a ton of juice. He's very explosive. So I understand why they would want to get him involved because Hunt and Pacheco cannot offer that kind of juice. So look, I would label both of these guys, Kareem Hunt and Pacheco, risky starts. I think if you're down in the game, you're not going to be happy with starting Kareem Hunt and Isaiah Pacheco. And the Jacks defense is much better than people realize. They're a legit defense now, especially as a run defense.
On the opposite side of the ball, you're going to start Travis E with a ton of confidence. I know Bashel Tutin is fun to watch. I know he's a talented guy, but you're still going to have to wait for the takeover. That has not happened yet. So, you can start ET with a ton of confidence. Even though it's technically the Chiefs, they're the 10th best matchup for your running back right now through four weeks. So, it's still a a matchup where you can start your starting running backs.
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